Brain Scans: The New Way Employers Hire and Fire People
What these devices do and what you need to know about them
Not long ago, employers looking for hiring talent typically considered only the information they could find by looking through the resumes that job hunters sent them. Hiring the wrong employee can be an expensive mistake, however, and scanning through a resume or even a candidate’s social media accounts is an imperfect way to judge how an applicant might perform on the job. Many employers are turning to more invasive ways — for use during the hiring stage and after they hire people.
Employers today choose to screen candidates and assess employees in a number of new ways. These include high-tech cognitive and personality tests and brain scans obtained through devices that candidates must wear.
Do brain scans actually help employers?
Providers of brain assessment games like BrainsFirst promise employers that they can greatly improve the quality of their hires and reduce the chances of racial or other biases in the hiring process.
Research supports the claim of reduced racial bias when employers hire based on gamified assessments. However, these methods also screen out those with autism, among other forms of neurodiversity. In…
